equip

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To provide someone or something with the tools or supplies needed for a task.

   The expedition was equipped with food, clothing, and other necessities.

2. 2
   verb

   To give someone the skills or knowledge they need.

   The course is designed to equip students for the workplace.

From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.

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